Nonsnag sinker for fishing lines



Aug- 15, 1950 c. E. BLOMGREN 2,519,104

NoNsNAG sINKER FOR FISHING LINES Filed July 18, 1947 Viiv/71111711 luren/01' Earl E El'lmmgran A llo mey:

Patented Aug. 15, 195() ynutren STATE-s ...PATENT OFFICE U NoNsNAG SINKER FOR FISHING LINES Carl E. Blomgren, Chicago, lIll., assignor of onehalf to Edith lga Blomgren, Chicago, Ill.

t' Application July 1s, 1947, serial N0.'761,957

More particularly, it is an object ofthe present invention to provide an elastic and resilient sinkerwhichzmay be disengaged from obstructions by exerting aV pull and sudden releasethereupon to cause the elastic bodyof the sinker to rebound and in this manner disengage itself from the obstruction.'

Still a further object of the invention is to provide a sinker which will offer a minimumof resistance in being pulled through the water and which includes a deformable weighted portion capable of being manually shaped by the user for imparting various actions to the sinker and to a bait employed therewith when drawn through the water and which may also be utilized to vary the depth at which the sinker will travel through the water.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent from the following description of the drawing, illustrating a preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan View of the sinker;

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary plan View, partly broken away to show the interior construction thereof; and

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken substantially along a plane as indicated by the line 3 3 of Figure 2.

Referring more specifically to the drawing, the nonsnag sinker in its entirety is designated genorally 5i and includes a head portion 6 at one end thereof, a tail 1 at its opposite end and an intermediate body portion 8 connecting the head and tail.

The head 6 is oval shaped in plan and is formed of a exible material, such as rubber, having a strip of mesh wire fabric 9 molded therein and with the edges thereof spaced from the marginal edges I0 of the head 6, as best seen in Figure 2. The head 6 diminishes in thickness toward its outer or leading end and toward its side edges so that the edges I D thereof are feathered, as clearly illustrated in Figure 3. The head Il) is provided with an opening II, disposed substantially in alignment with the longitudinal axis of the 7 claims. (C1. is- 4am sinker 5 and adjacent its leading end for receiv-'.v

ing a ring or other means I2 by which a swivel I3, connected to a fishing line or leader I4, may be attached to the sinker 5, or the swivel I3 or fishing linevor leader I4 could be attached directly to the opening II.

The tail I which is preferably longer and wider than the head Ii is likewise formed of an elastic, molded material, such as rubber, and is likewise oval in shape and with the side edges I5 thereof preferably being arcuate and convex throughout their length. The tail 'I has a weighted plate I6 of a readily deformable material such as leadmolded therein and between strips of mesh wire fabric I'I which are likewise molded into the tail 'I and as clearly illustrated in Figure 2, the plate I 6 and mesh wire fabric strips Il are of substantially the same shape as the tail l but smaller so as to have their side edges spaced from the side edges I5 of said tail, and like the head 6, the thickness of the tail I diminishes toward its side edges and ends so that the side edges I5 and the outer, trailing end formed thereby, are likewise feathered, as seen in Figure 3.

The intermediate body portion 8 which forms a connection between the head 6 and tail I is formed of a resilient material such as rubber and may be vulcanized adjacent its ends to the adjacent ends of the head and tail or may be molded integral therewith to afford an elastic connection between the head and tail. The body 8 is preferably substantially narrower than the tail 'I and of a width less than that of the head 6 and is also preferably of a length greater than the head or tail.

A bait, lure or fish hook, not shown, may be attached in any desired manner to the line or leader I4, ring I2 or the tail l, adjacent its trailing end, may be provided with an opening similar to the opening I I for attachment of the bait, lure or fish hook thereto, usually through a leader interposed therebetween, not shown.

It will be readily apparent that the mesh wire fabric 9 will reinforce the head Si to cause it to maintain substantially the shape as shown when in use and the weighted plate I@ and mesh wire fabric I 'I will likewise reinforce the tail 1 and the lead plate I will also function as a weight for maintaining the sinker in a submerged position while being drawn through the water. Likewise, the plate I 6 being formed of a soft metal, such as lead, may be manually deformed for varying the shape of the tail l to cause the sinker 5 to execute various actions while being drawn through the watei1 and to thereby vary the action or movement of a bait or lure connected thereto and to also vary the depth at which the sinker will travel through the water when moving at a given speed.

Likewise, the' shape of the sinker 5 will cause it to pass over or around snags or other obstructions and should the sinker become snagged, a sudden pull and release on the line attached thereto will cause 'the sinker t'o rebounddue to the resiliency of the material 'from which it is formed and especially due to the resiliency of the body 8, to cause the snker to thereby disengage itself from the obstruction or snag..

The mesh Wire fabric 9 and 'l'l may be formed of any suitable material such `as copper or aluminum wire mesh.

Various modications and changes in the Vpreferred embodiment of the invention as disclosed are contemplated and may obviously be resorted to, Without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. 'as .hereinafter 'donned lby the appended clanns.

I claim 'as my invention:

In a Jnshing snker formed of a resilient 11naterial., :an 'elongated head containing reinforcing means, an elongated tail containing reinforcing and weighting means, and :an elongated body portion inter-posed therebetween and 'resilientl'y connecting the head and tan and maintaining the reinforcing means o'f the head-land tail lin siad relationship.

'2. A Isinker as in claim 11,V :said head and tail being Wider than the 'intermediate body portion.

3. A sinker as in lairn 1, said hea-d land tail being wider than 'the intermediate bodypor'tion- 4 and said tail being wider and longer than the head and generally oval-shaped in top plan.

5. A fishing sinker comprising an elongated body formed of aY resilient material having a laterally enlarged end defining a tail portion, and a Weight molded only into said tail portion, the opposite end of the body being provided with a fishing line or leader engaging eye and being remotely disposed to the tail portion. Y

6.. A shing sinker as in claim 5, said Weight being of a material manually deformable to vary the shape of the tail portion.

7. vA shing sinker comprising an elongated body formed of a resilient material, a weight disposed within one end only of said elongated body, the oppositel zend of the body being adapted to be connected to a shing line or leader, said body including an elongated limber portion interposed between the ends of the body and providing an elastic, longitudinally stretchable connecting portion between the ends of the body whereby said ends may assumeV various spaced positions relatively to Keach other in use.

CARL E` TBLOMGHEN.

REFERENCES CITED The following .references are of record in the nie of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,450,798 Filipowski Apr, 3, 1923 1,777,004 Lemere et al. Sept. 30., 1930 21,149,464 Potts l. .Mar. 7 1939 .2313.,985 Heddon. Feb. 23., 1943 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 281,1;0'0 Great Britain Dec. 1, 1927 

